US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 17 for "Indirect optical communication" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,650, issued on March 17, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Indirect optical communication" was invented by Nathan Scott Barnwell (San Diego) and Brittany E. Lynn (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method including emitting laser pulses as a signal using one or more transmitters at an atmospheric point. Plasma is generated at the atmospheric point to radiate omnidirectional light. The plasma from the atmospheric point is detected using one or more receivers. The one or more receivers have a direct line-of-sight to the atmospheric point to receive...